An autistic person reportedly spends their work breaks continuing to think about work, albeit in front of a larger screen.

Avery Mann, 49, values the moments they get to decompress from their work-from-home admin job, but has never actually decompressed, instead agonising over everything that has happened during the work day so far while old episodes of Love is Blind play in the background.

Mann said: “The transition between ‘work’ and ‘break’ isn’t clearly delineated, so mentally I never really leave. That’s just what work is, though, isn’t it? A hostage situation for your mind.”

“I’ve spent the last fifteen minutes agonising about my unanswered emails while the least emotionally healthy people in existence get off with each other on my TV screen. That’s the sort of life I could be living if I was hot, but, alas, here I am wondering whether signing off with ‘Kind regards’ makes me seem like a serial killer.”

Mann later logged off for the day, and then proceeded to think about work long after they had gotten into bed.

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